Important note: If you are looking for the assignment for Monday, scroll down to the blog below. This is the assignment for Wednesday's class.
Para la tarea del miércoles por favor lee la selección sobre Bartolomé de las Casas y su Historia general de las Indias y el Blog Reading sobre de las Casas. Entonces explica qué es la "leyenda negra" y cómo el texto que leíste de Bartolomé de las Casas contribuye a confirmar dicha leyenda. Finalmente comenta algo sobre el error que hizo Bartolomé de las Casas que luego intentó rectificar. (Esto se menciona en el Blog Reading.)
Friday, January 27, 2017
Popol Vuh
Para la tarea para el lunes por favor lean la selección del Popol Vuh y el material introductorio además del Blog Reading titulado "Creation Myths: Not Just Stories".
Para tu blog contesta la pregunta de discusión y análisis #3 en la página 15 de la lectura. Dice: "En la Biblia, lea el capítulo 2 de Génesis donde se describe cómo y cuándo Dios creó el universo y todo lo que existe. Compare y contraste la versión bíblica de la creación con la del Popol Vuh."
Aquí tienen enlaces al capítulo 2 de Génesis en español y en inglés.
Génesis capítulo 2 en español
Génesis capítulo 2 en inglés
Para tu blog contesta la pregunta de discusión y análisis #3 en la página 15 de la lectura. Dice: "En la Biblia, lea el capítulo 2 de Génesis donde se describe cómo y cuándo Dios creó el universo y todo lo que existe. Compare y contraste la versión bíblica de la creación con la del Popol Vuh."
Aquí tienen enlaces al capítulo 2 de Génesis en español y en inglés.
Génesis capítulo 2 en español
Génesis capítulo 2 en inglés
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
De la pre-Conquista a la Colonia
Para el próximo blog hay 2 partes:
1) Por favor escriban un muy breve resumen de lo que sabemos de la literatura latinoamericana antes de la llegada de los españoles y por qué tenemos tan poca de esta literatura hoy en día.
2) Explica tu opinión sobre lo que Foster en "Interlude - One Story" dice acerca de que en realidad sólo hay un cuento que se escribe y reescribe continuamente en diferentes variaciones.
¡Gracias!
Sunday, January 22, 2017
¡Bienvenidos a la clase de literatura latinoamericana!
In this class we will be reading texts in Spanish by authors from various different Latin American countries. To help you approach each of the texts, I have posted on this blog links to articles that I expect you to read prior to attacking the literary works assigned for each class day.
As part of the requirements for this course you will be required to create your own blog for this course on which you will post your daily homework assignments. Once you have created your blog and send me the link I will add your link to our course blog.
For each day's reading you will be given questions to guide your reading. Your homework assignment will be to use those questions and the complementary article to write a short (200-300) blog post reflecting on the reading. Your blog post should be written in coherent paragraph form and not as a list of answers. You do not need to answer all of the questions, as they are meant to guide your reading and not to dictate it.
After we have discussed a text in class I expect you to add to your prior blog post to reflect your increased understanding of the text after our class discussion. Doing so will definitely help prepare you to write your formal papers.
I know that students arrive at this course with different levels of Spanish, and one of my goals is to meet each student at their level in hopes of encouraging a maximum level of individual improvement with the language. For this purpose the homework blogs can be completed either in English, Spanish, or Spanglish, though I encourage everyone to use as much Spanish as possible. Formal papers must be completed in Spanish.
Remember also that I do not expect anyone to have a complete understanding of any of the texts before we discuss them in class! That is what class discussions are for. With that in mind, though, if you do not put forth a good faith effort into the readings in preparation for class you will find yourself lost in our discussion, so use your dictionary and look up at least some of the words you do not know. If you find yourself particularly frustrated with a text feel free to look and see if you can find an English translation online. Use that translation to get yourself started on the reading, and then see if you can make progress in Spanish once you understand the general idea.
Now, for your very first blog assignment (to be posted before the second day of class) escribe un párrafo sobre tu experiencia leyendo literatura en inglés o en español y cuáles son tus esperanzas y miedos para esta clase.
In this class we will be reading texts in Spanish by authors from various different Latin American countries. To help you approach each of the texts, I have posted on this blog links to articles that I expect you to read prior to attacking the literary works assigned for each class day.
As part of the requirements for this course you will be required to create your own blog for this course on which you will post your daily homework assignments. Once you have created your blog and send me the link I will add your link to our course blog.
For each day's reading you will be given questions to guide your reading. Your homework assignment will be to use those questions and the complementary article to write a short (200-300) blog post reflecting on the reading. Your blog post should be written in coherent paragraph form and not as a list of answers. You do not need to answer all of the questions, as they are meant to guide your reading and not to dictate it.
After we have discussed a text in class I expect you to add to your prior blog post to reflect your increased understanding of the text after our class discussion. Doing so will definitely help prepare you to write your formal papers.
I know that students arrive at this course with different levels of Spanish, and one of my goals is to meet each student at their level in hopes of encouraging a maximum level of individual improvement with the language. For this purpose the homework blogs can be completed either in English, Spanish, or Spanglish, though I encourage everyone to use as much Spanish as possible. Formal papers must be completed in Spanish.
Remember also that I do not expect anyone to have a complete understanding of any of the texts before we discuss them in class! That is what class discussions are for. With that in mind, though, if you do not put forth a good faith effort into the readings in preparation for class you will find yourself lost in our discussion, so use your dictionary and look up at least some of the words you do not know. If you find yourself particularly frustrated with a text feel free to look and see if you can find an English translation online. Use that translation to get yourself started on the reading, and then see if you can make progress in Spanish once you understand the general idea.
Now, for your very first blog assignment (to be posted before the second day of class) escribe un párrafo sobre tu experiencia leyendo literatura en inglés o en español y cuáles son tus esperanzas y miedos para esta clase.
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